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H&S Hydraulic Rear Disc Brake Upgrade for STACYC 12eDRIVE & 16eDRIVE

H&S Hydraulic Rear Disc Brake Upgrade for STACYC 12eDRIVE & 16eDRIVE

Regular price $129.95
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SKU: HS126517

Full product details & specifications

Convert the stock rear drum brake on your STACYC 12eDRIVE or 16eDRIVE to a fully hydraulic rear disc brake system.

This H&S brake setup was developed here in the U.S. from our own experience as rider parents, along with feedback from other STACYC families. One of the biggest differences is our custom-made short-reach brake lever, designed specifically for little hands. The product photos show the reach difference between our lever and a standard brake lever.

Because the hydraulic system moves fluid instead of pulling a mechanical brake cable, the lever is easier for small hands to operate. It provides a lighter pull and smoother control, making it easier for younger riders to slow and stop the bike.

Choose the correct 12eDRIVE or 16eDRIVE option when ordering. Standard two-piston brakes are available in multiple colors, with a black four-piston brake available as an upgraded option. Use the red spacer for the 12eDRIVE and black spacer for the 16eDRIVE. 

Features

  • Custom-made short-reach H&S lever designed for little hands
  • Lighter and easier lever pull than the stock mechanical drum brake
  • Fully hydraulic braking for smoother, more consistent control
  • Developed by H&S Motorsports from rider-parent experience and customer feedback
  • Two-piston and four-piston brake options
  • Complete conversion from the stock rear drum brake to a disc brake

Fitment

Designed for:

  • STACYC 12eDRIVE
  • STACYC 16eDRIVE

Choose the correct 12eDRIVE or 16eDRIVE option when ordering. The hub spacers and mounting hardware are different for each model.

Not compatible with:

  • STACYC 16eDRIVE Elite
  • STACYC 18eDRIVE
  • STACYC 20eDRIVE

What's Included

  • Fully hydraulic brake with lever, hose, and caliper
  • Rear brake rotor
  • Hub adapter
  • Model-specific hub spacers (Red -12e, Black -16e)
  • T25 rotor screw set
  • H&S brake-caliper bracket
  • Required conversion hardware

Installation

Step-by-step H&S hydraulic brake installation PDF

STACYC 12eDRIVE installation video

STACYC 16eDRIVE installation video

Notes

  • ASV brake levers are not compatible with this hydraulic brake system.
  • The brake arrives as a complete hydraulic assembly with its own lever.

For future brake maintenance, the H&S Hydraulic Brake Bleed Kit is available separately.

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  • 5 stars: 32 (91%)
  • 4 stars: 2 (6%)
  • 3 stars: 1 (3%)
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Josh Charles
The brake works well

The brake works well. It was a little challenging routing the cable and bleeding the system. Had to wash and sand the brake pads because I got fluid on them. Works great now though.

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Mkhaslett
Install was straight forward and all components

Install was straight forward and all components and hardware were top notch. Tip of install as the red spacer is for the 16e and black for 12. Other than that it was an easy install.

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Kolby
Massive Confidence and Braking Improvement

Installed this kit on both a Stacyc 12 and 16 and it's a massive improvement to the braking ability which made my kids way more confident riding their stacycs. 100% reccommend this to anyone with stacycs as a necessary upgrade.

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Darren
Great upgrade

Good quality kit with excellent fitment. Looks and performs great!

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Kyle Wood
Great product

Easy to install works great easy for the kids to pull the break lover

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CM
Essential 12e upgrade

This kit is priced fairly, solid construction, everything is wrapped nicely. Item shipped next day. No paper directions, YouTube instruction video isn’t well done. If you work on bikes you’ll have no problem. You will need a brake bleed kit. There will be excess line, zip tie it to frame. Will purchase from company again.

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Jon Witzman
A No-Brainer

Great upgrade for the little rippers and even those that have no issue reaching the stock lever. Easy install, may need to add a touch of fluid. I do wish there was a bit less travel in the lever.

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Kyle Baker
Hydraulic brake review

I watched the how to install video and it’s a bit more difficult than the video makes it out because once you disconnect your line from the caliper so you can feed the line through the frame the mineral oil will start dripping out after you put it back together there’s air in the line and loss of hydraulic fluid I would definitely recommend buying the hydraulic brake bleed kit to get the air out and add more fluid that’s been lost . Other than that the kit works great and it’s allowed my three year old to pull the break lever in single handed where he couldn’t with two hands using the Stacyc oem brake lever also it’s a lot closer for small hands to the handle bar overall definitely recommend the upgrade!

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Erick Espinosa
5 star brakes

Great product, Easy to pull compared to stock brakes making the ride more comfortable.

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Donovan Sonne
Shoe saver

My son is 2 so he isnt able to reach the factory lever much less pull it. This kit brings the lever much closer to the grip and is effortless to pull with a lot more braking

No more toe dragging to slow down instead of replacing shoes every other week it'll be the rear tire

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Summer Smojlder
Stopping power

Little guy can stop on a dime now. Only downfall is we will need new tires but we stopped going through shoes he used as brakes.

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Pablo De Dominicis
Excelent love it!

Shipped very fast! And The product is really nice, the brake can be adjustable for little hands

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Franky Terriquez
Disc brake conversion

A lot easier for my 3 year to brake, would recommend doing the disc brake conversion

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OPTIMAL_GROWS

Awesome customer service and super quick turnaround for delivery thank you so much H&S Team 🐐

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Phillip

Great product super easy installation

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Ricks BMX & E-Moto
Very easy to install and a good looking product

Very easy to install and a good looking product on the bike.

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KevDogg
Solid safety upgrade!

Brakes are excellent in terms of stopping power. Install was pretty straight forward. I bled them post removing the hose just to be safe. Blue anodized parts add just enough bling. Brakes are obviously a safety item, just buy them!

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Kidracer96
MUST HAVE Great kit

Great kit. My two year old son could not squeeze the factory brake on his brand new Stacyc 12e, after installing the 4 piston hydraulic brake kit he was able to squeeze the lever and stop the bike without any issues.

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Iain
Great upgrade for our 3 year old

Got our brake, love it! Customs fee was minor, $15CAD kind of thing, can't remember exactly. Only regret is not ordering pegs at the same time!

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Nathan S
Stacyc 16e hydraulic disc brake upgrade

Must have for a beginner rider! My son could barely reach the factory brake. It was also difficult to stop with the factory brake. This H&S kit fixed both issues. Now he can stop with ease as needed.

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Spencer Watkins
Great stopping power

Ordered it because my 3 year old had a hard time reaching the stock brake lever and the stock brakes weren’t very easy to squeeze. The 4 piston brakes work super good and very easy to squeeze the lever. I did receive a defective lever that didn’t let me adjust it closer to the bars so I emailed them and they emailed me right back and send out a new lever which fixed the issue so I’m really happy with the brakes and customer service so I will continue to order parts from this company

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Snow
Frustrating install but big upgrade

These are a huge upgrade from drum brakes which are useless to a 2 year old with how hard they are to pull. Install on these was kind of a pain. The YouTube directions from h & s are kind of hard to follow, you can’t run the line through the frame unless you open up the line and have a special mountain bike brake bleeding kit to bleed after, and to boot the line is about a foot longer than it should be for the 12” Stacyc so you have to zip tie a coil of it out of the way. Not sure if you need special tools to resize the line.

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Kyle H
Stop!!! Easier!!!

This kit is pretty freaking sweet. It helped my 3y/o learn to use his hand brake over his shoes. well designed and easy to install with basic hand tools. I have recommended this set up to several of my friends already!

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Louis
SO much better

These brakes are so much better than stock. Easy install and my son actually uses the brakes instead of his feet now.